Word: ruining
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...minimal, but the live chats are fun. I joined the Whodunit on Wednesday group, which reads a new mystery every week. When I confessed during a chat that I hadn't finished a Jonnie Jacobs book they were discussing, they kindly talked around the ending so as not to ruin it for me. I felt so indebted that I stayed up until 3 a.m. to finish the 400-page thriller by Stuart Woods that they were planning to discuss next. I was surprised how much fun we had debating which clues were obvious and which caught us by surprise...
...listen to anything." An executive from a rival company has similar thoughts. He declares that he won't change editorial content to please China's censors. "But," he adds, "given the size of the investment, the new policy does encourage broadcasters to be cautious. No one wants to ruin their chances." If the plan goes through, China's couch potatoes are in for a whole lot more programming?though it might be so mild they'll yearn for the good old days of pirated signals...
...Miles to Graceland blares in the background, he talks about how Laos is at an inflection point. "It could become this really cool place, or it could just turn to s___," he says, exhaling pot smoke. Dillon concedes that a strip of bars and restaurants blaring videos would ruin the backwater ambiance. "But you've got to give the people what they want...
...1990s and that when the Levy story broke, she wanted to tell the FBI about her relationship in an effort to help find the missing intern. According to McKay, Dayton urged her to remain quiet, saying, "Leave it in the past, or it will ruin you." That could amount to obstruction of justice. (McKay said she went to the FBI despite Dayton's warning.) Dayton told reporters last week that McKay's version isn't true...
...most passionate voices belong to homeowners like Paul Martin, a businessman whose hundred or so acres lie within the monument's outer boundaries. "The only people who want to shrink the boundaries are timber companies and cattle owners," he says. "If you don't believe they ruin the land, imagine what your street would look like after a cow or a logger with a chainsaw spent some time there. I don't understand why they insist on ruining this tiny speck on the map when they have millions of acres nearby they're allowed to destroy...